Laundry

Laundry on campus

Students spend an average of
$50 on laundry per semester.

Residence halls and WMU apartments laundry facilities (with the exception of Western Heights and Western View) are now equipped with WaveRider which allows for VISA or Mastercard credit and debit card payments, in addition to coin operation, on each individual machine. Each machine with WaveRider also has WaveVision which allows customers to:

Check machines availability before making a trip to the laundry room

Verify how much time is left on a cycle

Receive a text message when their laundry cycle is done

Alerts will be sent to the service technician in the event of an error condition.

Laundry rates

Wash Price:

$1.50

Dry Price:

$1.25

How to operate WaveRider laundry machines

Load your laundry and soap

Select your desired cycle

Swipe your VISA or Mastercard credit or debit card, allow time for authorization

Please take note:

Your credit and debit card will be pre-authorized for $8 which is good for three hours or up to $8 of laundry (which ever comes first). After three hours, you will be charge the exact amount you spent as soon as your card issuing bank finalizes the transaction, usually within 24-72 hours.

If you are using a prepaid debit card, please ensure you have $8 of available balance on your card before using.

How to operate WaveVision

Wavevision is the application that allows you to monitor your laundry facility. When signing up, use zip code 49008.

LaundryBUCKs have been retired as of July 1, 2017

Western Michigan University has retired the LaundryBUCKs system as of July 1, 2017 and replaced it with the above WaveRider system.

Balance refunds will be transferred from the LaundryBUCKs account to the university's student account.

Refund amounts transferred to the student account will first be applied to any outstanding debt owed to the University.

Any remaining dollars from the refund will be reimbursed via direct deposit into the student's bank account set up with the University. If a direct deposit has not been set up for the student account, a check will be mailed to the permanent address if student is not currently enrolled. If student is enrolled for the current semester then the check will go to their mailing address